Legal Opinion

Barbara Brewer v. DC Office Of Employee Appeals / DC Public Schools

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 20, 2017No. 15-CV-299 & 15-CV-813PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Steadman, Senior Judge:

Pro se appellant Barbara Brewer (Brewer) sought Superior Court review of an unfavorable order of the Office of Employee Appeals (OEA). The appeal was dismissed because it was filed in the Superior Court beyond the thirty-day deadline of Super. Ct. Agency Rev. R. 1 (a). The issue in this appeal is whether this deadline is inflexible, as the trial court ruled, or whether it may be extended in appropriate circumstances. In Mathis v. District of Columbia Housing Authority, 124 A.3d 1089 (D.C. 2015), a decision rendered subsequent to the dismissal in this case, we held that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Eberhart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. Manrique v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  3. Simpson v. District of Columbia Office of Human RightsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Clement v. District of Columbia Department of Human ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  5. Mathis v. District of Columbia Housing AuthorityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  3. Dixon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2023
  4. Gilliam v. D.C. Department of Forensic SciencesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2025
  5. Neill v. DC PERBDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2020

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